The Voice UK coaches will all be back for second series, says Tom Jones

After The Voice beat BGT in the ratings, leaving Simon Cowell and ITV fuming, there’s more good news for the BBC, as all four coaches have signed up to appear in the next series of the show, according to Tom Jones.

The fearsome foursome will be back next year, according to Sir Tom (Picture: BBC)

What with the tendency of talent show judges to leave one series for the panel of another, the BBC has clearly decided that its best bet is to have The Voice coaches Danny, Jessie, Tom and will sign up for the next season of the show before the first one is even over.

Sir Tom Jones confirmed that he had already said he would be a coach on the next series of The Voice at the South Bank Sky Arts awards yesterday, but admitted that talks were still happening.

He told The Mirror: ‘The BBC has already asked me to come back for the next series and I’ve said ‘yes’ – we have already begun discussions.’They are on-going but I would very much like to do it again,’ adding jokingly, ‘They’re happy with the judges as we are, and it looks like all of us will be back, even Will.’

The judges mainly swivel and deliberate (Picture: BBC)

And even though Sir Tom said he was ‘really loving’ being a coach on the BBC show, he’s probably still grateful for his reported five per cent pay rise, which will see his six-figure salary inflated even more.

All four of the coaches are expected to get the pay increase, leaving Sir Tom and 24-year-old Jessie on a staggering £262,500, according to estimates.

But all that cash comes at a price and for Jones, that price is the emotional toll the ruthlessness of The Voice takes on him.

‘The most difficult thing for me is to have to tell people to leave. I feel like my heart’s been ripped out,’ he said.’It’s started with the battles when I had to put people head to head and explain, “you can’t all win”.

Tom Jones gets emotional on The Voice (Picture: PA)

‘And that’s difficult because I know what it’s like, and that’s what the four coaches have in common – we are all performers, too, and we know what it’s like to get a knock-back.’That’s what we try to tell the contestants. You know, ‘don’t take it personally, it’s not the end of your career, it is just you can’t win this one, that’s all’.’Sometimes the public might not like my choices but we’re there to help people – not shatter dreams but further careers.’

Tom has since tweeted in reference to the quotes: ‘Hey – re MIRROR article today – complete BS – all of this….no matter what the ‘fansites’ say. Cheers all x’.